The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) has arrested two men for impersonating its officials in the state.
The LAGESC Corps Marshal, Gbemisola Akinpelu, disclosed this in a statement issued by the agency’s spokesman, Kehinde Adebayo, on Friday in Lagos.
Akinpelu said the suspects were arrested at Ojota area of the state following a tip-off by some members of the public on their activities.
The activities of fake LAGESC Officials are common at MKO Abiola Garden Ojota, Ojota Bus Stop, Oshodi, Five-Star Bus Stop, and Ikeja Along Bus Stop, among others.
She said: “The fake officials arrest people crossing the express road, urinating, or dropping waste in public, take the victims to their hideout for fines negotiations raging from N5000 to N15,000, depending on the bargaining power of the victims.”
Akinpelu said the agency identified three suspects at MKO Abiola Garden, adding that two were arrested while one was still at large
